[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 189 (Thursday, December 19, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S7223]
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              SUPPORTING VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING ACT

  Mr. BENNET. Mr. President, as if in legislative session, I ask 
unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged 
from further consideration of S. 4640 and the Senate proceed to its 
immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 4640) to strengthen trafficking victim 
     assistance grant funding.

  There being no objection, the committee was discharged, and the 
Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. BENNET. I ask unanimous consent that the Ossoff-Blackburn 
substitute amendment at the desk be considered and agreed to; that the 
bill, as amended, be considered read a third time and passed; and that 
the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 3350), in the nature of a substitute, was agreed 
to, as follows:

                (Purpose: In the nature of a substitute)

        Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Supporting Victims of Human 
     Trafficking Act''.

     SEC. 2. GRANTS TO ASSIST VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING.

       Section 107(b)(2) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 
     of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(2)) is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (B)--
       (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking 
     ``shall'' and insert ``may'';
       (B) in clause (i), by striking ``three percent'' and 
     inserting `` up to 7 percent'';
       (C) in clause (ii)--
       (i) by striking ``5 percent'' and inserting ``up to 10 
     percent''; and
       (ii) by inserting ``and strengthening program 
     administration and budgeting'' after ``activities''; and
       (D) in clause (iii), by striking ``one percent'' and 
     inserting ``up to 1 percent''; and
       (2) in subparagraph (C), strike ``75 percent'' and insert 
     ``95 percent''.
  The bill (S. 4640), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a 
third reading, was read the third time, and passed.
  Mr. BENNET. I congratulate the President on his prodigious 
legislative accomplishments this evening.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Duly noted.

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